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Egypt to suspend activities of its contingent in Mali UN mission

FILE PHOTO: Members of MINUSMA Chadian contingent play petanque in Kidal, Mali December 19, 2016. MINUSMA/Sylvain Liechti handout via REUTERS

Egypt has told the United Nations it will temporarily suspend the activities of its contingent in a Mali peacekeeping mission, citing increased attacks on its peacekeepers who escort convoys supplying UN bases, a UN spokesman said on Friday.

(Reporting by David Lewis and Bate Felix; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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